Leicester 22 SA XV 17
6 Nov 2009
Keo.co.za brought you live commentary from the Springboks’ end-of-year tour opener at Welford Road.
80 mins: South Africa run through numerous phases as they move towards the try line, but a strong Leicester defence keeps them at bay. Odwa Ndungane eventually loses the ball forward and Lote Tuqiri dives over the touchline with the ball. The Leicester players celebrate as they played four minutes into extra time. Leicester beat South Africa 22-17!
79 mins: Leicester drive the ball forward through their heavies as try to waste time, but they concede a penalty to the South Africans with a minute to play. Pienaar kicks for touch to give his side a lineout in Leicester’s 22m area.
77 mins: South Africa are awarded a crucial penalty in Leicester’s 22m area. Pienaar bags the three points, which sees the visitors need a converted try to achieve victory. 22-17 to Leicester!
65 mins: After a frustrating period of play, South Africa decide to go for posts when they are awarded a penalty in the last quarter. Pienaar slots the attemot to score their first points of the second stanza. 22-14 to Leicester!
58 mins: Leicester receive their third penalty after South Africa struggle to compete at the scrums. Youngs kicks the home side into a 11-point lead. 22-11 to Leicester!
52 mins: After being dominated at the scrums, the Leicester forwards start to rule the air battle at the lineouts.
45 mins: Heinke van der Merwe comes on for Steenkamp in his prefered loosehead position, but Castrogiovanni still destroys him in the scrum and earns his side a penalty. Leicester score the first points of the second half as Youngs converts the goal attempt. 19-11 to Leicester!
Half-time: Leicester 16 South Africa 11
40 mins: Mauger concedes a penalty on the stroke of half-time for obstructing the South Africans from chasing the ball. Pienaar kicks the three-pointer to leave South Africa trailing by five points at the break. 16-11 to Leicester!
39 mins: Ill discipline costs the visitors as Youngs converts his third penalty. 16-8 to Leicester!
38 mins: South Africa penalised again after being out-scrummed by the Leicester front row. Guthro Steenkamp a major concern as Martin Castrogiovanni has the clear upper hand.
33 mins: Leicester are awarded a penalty on the 50m line after the South African pack were out-scrummed. Youngs bags the three points with an impressive attempt. 13-8 to Leicester!
27 mins: Leicester try! A poor clearance from Pienaar allowed Leicester to run a counter attack. A swift switch from centre Manu Tuilagi put wing Lucas Amorosino through for their first five-pointer. Youngs converted the try to put the home side in the lead. 10-8 to Leicester!
20 mins: Captain Chilliboy Ralepelle leaves the field early after suffering an injury in a scrum. Bandise Maku comes on to replace the skipper.
10 mins: Leicester hit right back as Youngs makes up for his woeful miss earlier in the game by slotting his second attempt. 8-3 to South Africa!
8 mins: South African try! After a good kick and chase from South Africa, the secure possession in Leicester’s 22m area, although it seemed centre Juan de Jongh interfered with the receiver. Fullback Earl Rose then puts a chip through, which is gather by wing Jongi Nokwe, and the Bok flyer dives over for the opening try. 8-0 to South Africa!
5 mins: Ruan Pienaar puts the visitors ahead after South Africa were awarded a penalty in front of the posts. 3-0 to South Africa!
2 mins: South Africa concede an early penalty in a kickable position, but scrumhalf Ben Youngs pushes his attempt wide.
1 min: Deep kickoff from pivot Aaron Mauger, which is received by Ashley Johnson. The No 8 secures possession as he sets up the first phase. Ruan Pienaar then kicks a good clearance back into Leicester’s half.
Leicester – 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Lucas Amorosino, 13 Andy Forsyth, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Aaron Mauger (c), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Brett Deacon, 7 Ben Pienaar, 6 Geoff Parling, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Calum Green, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Mefin Davies,1 Marcos Ayerza.
Subs: 16 George Chuter, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Tom Armes, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 James Grindal, 21 Greig Tonks, 22 Lote Tuqiri.
South Africa XV – 15 Earl Rose, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Jongi Nokwe, 10 Ruan Pienaar, 9 Heini Adams, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Dewald Potgieter, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Subs: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Alistair Hargreaves, 19 Jean Deysel, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Meyer Bosman, 22 Riaan Viljoen.
855 Comments
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6 Nov 2009, 22:58 pm
#228 Robzim:
his time has come an gone its embarrassing actually….
6 Nov 2009, 22:58 pm
We cant send week teams like this and call them the Boks.
Something must be done about S **** the ref it always feels he blows against us. He watched as they pulled Johnsons hair and did nothing that causes bad vibes and was quick to blow up Roussow.
This is a joke, number three bulls hooker not even number one what a waste of time and money for the SA supporters.
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
Leicester not allowing themselves to be bullied… Hougaard looks the real deal – clever rugby player
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
Sorry i met a club team to excited
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
That Italian front row is a real beast. The Bulls should buy him with the money the are saving next season not having Habana!
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
Mako, Raubenheimer, De Jongh! Names to inspire dread in the worlds great rugby nations!
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
geez just got back wtf happened?
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
boks have no COHESION. playing with heart. ah the nerves.
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
Is Ruan Pienaar the lesser talented Jaco? I think so.
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
Bokks need to play their game, don’t get sucked into how Leister are playing
6 Nov 2009, 22:59 pm
#240 WakaNathan: Nah, because the opposition is SA dirttrackers, not NZ’s. That’s why.
6 Nov 2009, 23:00 pm
poster 255, castro is good but our props are shite at the mo
6 Nov 2009, 23:00 pm
Who is the future Springbok captain? Is it Chiliboy or Maku? I think both show great skill….. ….
6 Nov 2009, 23:00 pm
Leicester have constantly gone offsides like that, so annoying!
6 Nov 2009, 23:00 pm
WTF, these leicester players can’t stop coming from the side, it’s the 5th time in 5 minutes, and it’s stopping the boks from playing, it should be a yellow by now
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
#249 Kobus Kitty:
He is a good player but has lost all his confidence.
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
#240 WakaNathan: I don’t think I was provocative that night, perhaps you’re over-sensitive? I did give hurricane some stick about it a couple of days later but he deserved it
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
It’s been a hard days night and I’ve been working like a dog.
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
gooooooooooooooooooooo bokke goooooooooooooooooooooooo
green blooooood yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, gooooooooooooo
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
Pienaar going for posts now… turns down ones infront but takes very hard ones…
6 Nov 2009, 23:01 pm
#263 Kobus Kitty: Great skill to be kak you mean….?
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
Sorry to say the Boks are pounded up front,because they
simply dont know how to scrum and the loosies are not supporting the tight five.
Let us face it the Boks are looking lost and this to me is
the worrying part of PDV’s tennure so far that everytime
he has to put a team on the park without the inherited Springbok core he is found wanting.
This is just a repeat of the third test against BIL and
Dickinson is just having a nightmare as referee.He certainly
must be the worst referee to have set foot on a rugby field.
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
#257 SodaJoe:
They scrummed us to pieces
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
Hang on a second! This isn’t just any old run-of-the-mill invitational dragged-off-the-streets raap-en-skraap sommer enige ou skaap South African XV.
These are the real-deal Springboks.
And they are being humiliatingly whacked by Leicester.
Sis, man!
It’s a disgrace.
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
Leicester have been pushing the rules all the way dickinson should have sent someone off by now but one of us will get the yellow…. f@ck I sound like puma
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
#265 Pirlet BEL: b-but…Stu Dickinson…
6 Nov 2009, 23:02 pm
stu dicky, where is da yellow card. left it in oz mate.
6 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
Who are the de merits in this team Tassies? Name them lets see who shouldn’t be there. Only ones letting the side down are seasoned bok’s not new ones.
Steenkamp
Du Plessis
Roussouw
Ndungane
Pienaar has made some hash ups
None of the new players played badly yet
6 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
go bokkies, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze, pleeeeeeeez
6 Nov 2009, 23:03 pm
Guys,
Stop the bitching it is as bad as the performance on the pitch that you are crying about. Let’s face facts:
. This experimental Bok team has been together for about a week and a team that would get drilled in the CC
. midweek games are always going to be tough
. not one of the combinations have played together
. STOP Blaming the ref
. The arrogance of the coaching team (collective) of not mixing seniors with these fresh faces is going to get them what they deserve a hiding
. lets stop the **** about white this quota that. It’s pointless and gets u nowhere
Give Leicester boys some credit here
6 Nov 2009, 23:04 pm
#257 SodaJoe:
its pretty messy and thats just this blog….
6 Nov 2009, 23:04 pm
I have to confess, I’m not even watching this contest. Simply because it was not a side selected on merit. It shows. The fact that some of the players failing dismally are not the same as those expected to fail, is not the point. The team was selected on criteria not normally associated with winning. So they probably wont.
That is why I’m not bothering to watch.
Take Australia against Gloucester. They were selected on the basis of a need to win the game. And they did. Easily.
The Springbok side selected to compete against Leicester 2nd’s wasn’t.
Anybody prepared to challenge me on that? Please be my guest.
6 Nov 2009, 23:04 pm
grant10 i hope you can see the potgieter is not ready to deputise heinrich brussow!
6 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
#252 robofthecape: A. Strauss from the Cheetahs should have been the hooker on this tour. We all know that but he is not there.
6 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
Gonna grind out the minutes now.
How embarrassing losing to a club team.
6 Nov 2009, 23:05 pm
Stegman should be there. We’re missing a real no6
6 Nov 2009, 23:06 pm
#239 skopskiet: of course heinke is having a difficult time, he is on the wrong side of the scrum. The locks are also not fronting up in the scrum either.
God this is a kerap game.
6 Nov 2009, 23:06 pm
#282 TASSIES: Amen. WELL SAID TASSIES. I for one agree with you 100%
6 Nov 2009, 23:07 pm
Still think Leicester are rubbish? Our loosies are struggling big time.
6 Nov 2009, 23:07 pm
How much is P Divvy missing the Cheetah-props du Preez and Nel…. Oi vey…!
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
NEVER IN SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY HISTORY HAS THERE EVER BEEN A MORE RACIST SELCTION AS THIS TEAM AND TOUR, NEVER IN SA RUGBY HISTORY HAS A COACH BEEN MORE OBVIOUS IN HIS RACISM AS PIETER DE VILLIERS WHAT A DISGRACE TONIGHT IS!!! FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE A SPRINGBOK SUPPORTER WHERE IS WP NEL, WIAN DU PREEZ OH SORRY YOU RACIST PIECE OF DOG DIRT PIETER HITLER DE VILLIERS CANT PICK THEM THEY ARE WHITE BUM HOLE WE DESERVE TO LOSE WITH THIS TEAM.
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
Sh*t happens!!
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
Oi vey. Rubbish. Getting worse.
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
#286 Pirlet BEL: YES him too. Why was he not selected? They were going to play our best fetcher here and then got caught out with a injury to the Test side. Brussow was dropped even from our Test side only to be put back in because of a injury there. Stegmann should have played here tonight. No question.
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
so, what’s the worst Bok side you’ve ever seen?
6 Nov 2009, 23:08 pm
sharks and bulls players are big ***-ups in this game,no wonder one got shown up in the cc and the other was lucky to win it.
6 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Potgieter shown up as a club-level player tonight…
6 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Boks imploding, not good
6 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
Youngs is excellent
6 Nov 2009, 23:09 pm
The overrated Deysel loses it and gets turned over. Sigh.
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